Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer Growth)

Join Perplexity as a Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer Growth). In this role, you will work across the full funnel of growth, from activation and onboarding to SEO, conversion, retention, and paid upgrades. You will also build applied AI systems that enhance these experiences. You will lead experiments end-to-end, build classifiers for high-intent segments, and launch vertical-specific experiences. You will partner closely with various teams to translate behavioral signals and model outputs into durable product surfaces.

• Design, build, and own growth surfaces across the full funnel — activation, onboarding, SEO, lifecycle, conversion, retention, and paid upgrade moments.
• Lead experiments end-to-end, from hypothesis and instrumentation through implementation, analysis, and rollout, shipping many in parallel and learning quickly from each.
• Build applied AI systems that power growth: classifiers for high-intent segments, personalization for value discovery, and AI-driven onboarding and recommendation surfaces.
• Genuine interest and adoption of AI products and willingness to learn quickly
• Comfort with SQL and data-informed decision-making — you can pull, segment, and interpret your own funnel data
• Strong execution: you ship many experiments and product improvements in parallel and drive them to a clear outcome
• Familiarity with A/B testing and experimentation platforms (Eppo, Statsig, Optimizely, or in-house equivalents)
• Full-stack engineering skills, with comfort across a modern web stack (we use Next.js, React, TypeScript on the frontend and Python on the backend)
• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience (we're open to strong junior and mid-level candidates with a track record of shipping)
• Strong product judgment; you translate user behavior and growth opportunities into simple, effective technical solutions
• Self-motivated with strong ownership instincts; you propose experiments, ship features ahead of schedule, and drive improvements without asking for permission
• Familiarity with mobile development - Swift/Objective-C/Kotlin/Java, in-app payments, mobile release cycles, Apple App Store and/or Google Play Store guidelines, and rollout monitoring
• Direct experience on a growth, activation, conversion, retention, or lifecycle team at a consumer or PLG/self-serve SaaS company
• Experience with SEO, lifecycle marketing tooling, or paid acquisition surfaces
• Experience training and productionizing ML models (classifiers, ranking, personalization) and connecting them to product surfaces
• Familiarity with subscription and/or usage based billing products, paywalls, or paid upgrade experimentation
• Time spent at a fast-growing startup or on a high-ownership engineering team
• Experience shipping for both consumer and enterprise audiences